While all adults will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine in just a few weeks, experts said there is a reason those with underlying health conditions have been given priority. One Utah kidney transplant recipient shared why he was grateful he was able to get the shot.
Over 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the state, according to the officials with the Utah Department of Health. Another four Utahns have died.
For as long as Raymond Clark has lived alone on this quiet stretch of the Navajo Nation under the watch of the “Praying Mountain,” he has depended on everyone yet no one.
Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some die.
Doctors described a race this winter between COVID-19 vaccines and variant strains of the virus. The Utah Department of Health is tracking three main variants and this week started posting that data online.
While Utah ramps up efforts to vaccinate every adult in the state, advocates are increasingly concerned that the websites used for scheduling a shot are less accessible to people who are sight-impaired.
Navajo Nation officials cited a declining number of new COVID-19 cases and other improving conditions as they announced a new public health order that will allow some businesses to reopen under certain restrictions.
The number of suicides in Utah has remained concerning but steady. Research also shows mental health struggles are on the rise, or at least people are getting help.
With a dire need for cloth masks across the country last spring, Love Woolies began fulfilling requests through the Sewing For Lives organization to provide supplies to healthcare facilities and medical professionals.
Many Utahns will remember the night the game between the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder was canceled after Rudy Gobert's positive COVID-19 test was announced.
Live concerts and performances have been mostly nonexistent since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Many venues haven't hosted events for a full year, but operators were hopeful that will end soon.
One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address to outline his plan Thursday night to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1 and get the country “closer to normal” by the Fourth of July.